This story was updated Tuesday, April 1, to add two paragraphs of comment from the city of Boise. Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion ...

BOISE Idaho J.R. “Jack” Simplot, the founder of restaurant-industry supplier J.R. Simplot Co. and a key figure in the early growth of quick-service chains like McDonald’s, died peacefully at his home ...

Agriculture is the focus of the University of Idaho’s first endowed deanship. The J.R. Simplot Family Foundation has made a “significant gift” to establish the J.R. Simplot Endowed Dean of the College ...

It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the Boise Highlands. Although the mansion has since been demolished, Simplot’s ...

The former home of the late J.R. Simplot will soon be gone. [image-1]A Jan. 4 announcement from Simplot's heirs said work already begun to tear down the home and the the destruction would be "complete ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Simplot family has announced that the hilltop mansion — offered as Idaho's governor's residence — will soon be demolished. J.R. Simplot spokesman Ken Dey, speaking on behalf of ...

A local company is celebrating an anniversary. Simplot is celebrating 80 years at the Don Plant. J.R. Simplot Company began operations at its first phosphate fertilizer production facility on December ...